Another 1/48 Tamiya M1A2 Abrams

[ChrisL]

Sadly this isn't as nice as the other one that's recently been displayed here, but it is the first kit I've completed in ages so I'm happy with it for that if nothing else. 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

Link to Flickr album.

As you'd expect from a Tamiya kit it all went together very nicely. In retrospect I should have done assembly in a slightly different order to what I did - mainly I should have fitted the wheels and tracks to the lower hull before attaching the upper hull - but that's down to me, not the kit itself. Also I need to work out a good way of tidily painting the tyres on the road and idler wheels, as the tank's light paint scheme did me no favours when it came to hiding my lack of attention to detail there.

[IanC]

On 5/16/2020 at 10:00 PM, ChrisL said:

Also I need to work out a good way of tidily painting the tyres on the road and idler wheels, as the tank's light paint scheme did me no favours when it came to hiding my lack of attention to detail there.

 

Looks good. How about brushing some dry pigments around the wheels to represent a coat of dust? Covers a multitude of sins!

[ChrisL]

I don't currently have any sandy pigments, but that's a good idea and I'll definitely bear it in mind if/when I build some more tank kits. 🙂

[exdraken]

Looks very nice!!

Love those 48th scale tanks, especially the modern ones!

[ChrisL]

13 hours ago, exdraken said:

Looks very nice!!

Love those 48th scale tanks, especially the modern ones!

There's something about that sort of modern tank that has a huge blocky turret with a massive overhanging bustle that I really like the look of too.